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Tura cast the spell into a disk, curving the edges slightly and as the flecks of fire caught in it some glanced off harmlessly but some hit at just the right angle to catch the curves and return to thier caster with as much ferocity as they had come with.
Vilya could not avoid the claw entirely. One blade flew from her gasp as the other she managed to pull away. She slid from the creature's back and rolled, nimbly landing on her feet on the ground once more.
"Funis Phasma." She said under her breath, casting the spell about her sword. The blade began to glow blue, a tiny thread of energy ending in Vilya's hand. She waited carefully, waiting to see what her opponent would do.

Vilya saw the spell being cast behind them, keeping the great cat in her vision as she circled to mirror him.
She sent a string of thoughts to Tura, not in words but in pictures and felt a thought of agreement as a reply. Smiling Vilya ran at the lion dodging to the right and lashing out at the beast's flank, all the while keeping a good hold on the little thread. She struck aiming to slash from hindquarter to shoulder, making a dodge the only way for the animal to avoid damage.
Tura let the spell be thrown, manipulating the shape of her own shield again she leapt into the air. The wall of flame passed under her as she threw the shield between it and herself, stretching the edges of her defense she gathered the fire with its corners, concentrating it back into a disk and instead of forcing it to disipate which would have cost her a lot of energy, she changed its course ever so slightly and used the power of her deflection shield to give it more momentum. The flame disk hurtled onward straight for the lion's back.
The problem with having a mane is that one's peripheral vision is non-existant.
Vilya watched the disk, jumping back after her strike to avoid it...this was going to be close!

((This is gonna have to end sometime))

Tura immediately threw the shield she had not yet dispelled around her companion, repelling the fire into the wall of the building. Vilya concentrated on dodging the claws as Tura landed, pivoted and leapt towards Luz' back, again exploiting the same weakness they had tried before. The shield spell she released, glad to feel free of the drain.
She thought as Vilya danced around the lion.


As the spell hit Vilya released the thread the had been holding. It shot across the room and over to the young sage, as it flew it began to divide. Two strands, four, eight, soon thier were hundreds of threads threatening to ensnare the boy if he did not act quickly. With Vilya controlling the spell and Tura amplifying it it would be difficult to overpower.

((You didn't really address the lion's vision problem created by his mane...))

Tura landed again as her target evaded her and her attention was drawn to the sage.
She could tell he was preparing something.
She sent her instructions again in pictures as they were more quickly interpreted. Tura obeyed, leaping toward her companion.
The blue threads turned white as the piercing spell enveloped them. Tura reached the young girl, wrapping her gently in massive black forelimbs and sprang into the air, clearing the wave of fire only barely. The threads survived, blue once more as the fire had destroyed her later spell and were upon the sage in an instant but he was not through. The gryphon watched as the eight orbs formed about the both of them.
Tura swallowed, preparing a shield spell in her mind.

Tura was taken aback for a moment as the words of the spell floated through her mind, then grinned at the challenge.

(( I kind of figured Nathan was already in striking range of Damiano before he broke from his darkness spell... Why else would he had prepared to clutch his fist as if to strike if he wasn't close enough? Not to mention I don't think Damiano should have had that amount of time to counter after a surprise attack from just escaping the darkness. ))

((I have to agree with Azure in the fact that he would not have stated that he was going to strike at Damiano unless he was actually in range to do so.
I agree with the fact that Damiano prepared himself before exiting the darkness, but he could not have been perfectly prepared for whatever was about to come. Though a simple wind spell is a good counter in any case and in many situations, so I have no issue with that.
Third point. This is not directly D&D. Ark may be based on the traditional silver dragon, but he does not possess the exact same abilities. He is a dragon, and therefore large and intimidating. Those facts together might inspire fear, but he does not have the ability to magically cause fear in his enemies.
4th. Luz and Sombra are, in fact, quite large. Much larger than an actual lion. I posted at one point their actual size, though I can't remember it anymore. Suffice to say, neither are as large as Ark, but they are plenty large enough that they could pose a challenge to him.
5th. I'll agree that Noah has been rather out of character. Azure could definitely be more imaginative with his spells, considering. As for Noah using too powerful spells, I disagree. These are spells that he uses regularly, he's comfortable with them and they come to him easily. Also, He's a Sage. He would not have gotten to that point, especially at his age, unless he was very good at casting, had a vast knowledge of spells, and had great stamina at casting.
Raistlin, you are, admittedly, much more articulate in your posts than Azure has been of late. At the moment I know that Azure is not donating a lot of his time and is more than likely simply posting to keep things moving. He has a valid excuse for this and I have accepted that. Bear with for the time being until he has more free time to donate to the roleplay, at which point I know that his posting style will rise back to its previous levels.))

((Don't worry Azure, just continue when you can.))

Noah saw as his opponents spell managed to survive his destructive attempt at a counter. As commited to this last ditch attempt as he was he could only hope that he beat her to the draw with his next incantation.
"Permissum incendia fluo inter thematis velut a procella quod comesum thematis." Nathan finished the incantation and felt almost all of his remaining magical energy drain away to power his spell.
The eight orbs of flame that now orbited his opponents burst into life. The flames surrounding them intensified and then began rapidly spreading between each other and then closing in like a fiery noose. Cinching tighter ad closer to it's target where he knew it would culminate in a powerful explosion.

Vilya smiled. The spell had been offensive, just as she expected.
Several things happened at once.
Tura called the spell and Vilya felt the strange sensation as if she had been dropped quite rapidly a short distance.
She and Tura were suddenly right next to Noah and well away from the manifesting spell of the sage, she watched it and felt the heat on her skin as it grew into a massive ball of combusting energy.
The threads of her own spell had survived and, because the sage made no effort to evade them, wrapped themselves neatly about his body, bidning his hands to his side and immobilizing him.
The gryphon put Vilya down gently and she pulled her sword gently up against the boy's throat.
"Yield?" she asked, giving him a small smile.
The gryphon stood near, recovering from the sudden energy drain. She was not used to losing so much energy so quickly and it set her off balance slightly. She would certainly think twice before using the teleporation spell again.